Dr. Steven Gurgevich, with wife Jody and 2-year-old daughter Elise in tow, traveled from Gary, Indiana, to Tucson, Arizona, in 1969, with graduate school and a teaching job lighting the way. After working his way through Purdue University in local steel mills and gas stations, a nice clean teaching job sounded like heaven. So did the 80-degree winter temperatures.

Arizona agreed with the Gurgevich family, and Steven completed graduate school with two master's degrees, a doctorate and lots of teaching experience. He established his private practice, Behavioral Medicine, Ltd., in 1973, specializing in mind/body medicine, most particularly hypnotherapy. But Steven's interest in things hypnotic began long before he even thought about college.
In 1984, Jody, Steven's wife, was diagnosed with scleroderma, a debilitating autoimmune disease. A rheumatologist told her she had only two years to live. The couple knew that eventually Jody would be disabled, so traveling became an important ingredient in their lives, with trips to Austria, Yugoslavia, Germany, Switzerland, Tahiti and Hawaii. Jody's disease did progress to a point where she lost most of the use of her hands and could no longer walk without assistance. Still, she refused most Western medicines and their horrific side effects, electing instead to use "alternative" medications and treatments. Those treatments included hypnotherapy for pain and well being. Outliving her prognosis by over a decade, Jody made her transition in 1996, just three months after she "walked" down the aisle at her beloved Elise's wedding.
 

I found this in an article on line on Dr. Steven Gurgevich.  Steven lives in Tucson AZ with his second wife, Joy. - Barb Strefling